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Breakdown of who pays whom on a $189.98 order: the shopper pays the store the same price with or without a code, the store pays the extension 1–10% affiliate commission from its own margin, and $0.00 is added to the shopper's total

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How Do Coupon Extensions Make Money?

They're free because merchants pay them a commission — not because they're charities. Here's how that money moves, why last-click attribution turned it into a scandal, and what it means for what you actually pay.

Couponly EditorialAugust 12, 20269 min read